Clarion 1948-02-19 Vol 27 No 15

Vol. XXVII—No. 15 February 19, 1948
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
Christian Educator
JOHN ALEXIS EDGREN
Statistics on Christian Experience
Dr. Edgren Distinguished Founder of Seminary
John Alexis Edgren, the illustrious founder of Bethel, the Seminary
department, was born in the province of Varmland, Sweden, February
20, 1839. He received a very good education. A university student was his
Private tutor in the early years of his life. After preparatory studies in
high school, where he distinguished himself especially in languages and
mathematics, he entered the Navigation School of Stockholm. Here he
was graduated at the age of twenty as captain in the Swedish Merchant
Marine, receiving the highest honors ever bestowed on a nautical gradu-ate
in Sweden. Later he passed examinations as instructor in navigat-ion.
In the meanwhile, especially in summer time, Edgren, like a true
Viking, followed the lure of the sea and sailed for several years under
five different flags—English, Swedish, Norwegian, German and American.
The all important crisis in the young sailor's life came at the age
of eighteen. It happened one stormy night in February, 1857, while his
ship was waiting to sail from the harbor of New York. It was dark and
dismal. The storm howled and the snow whirled. In the soul of Edgren
it was even darker. Then he walked out on the deck and fell on his
knees to pray. As he prayed divine light broke in. He believed God's
promise and received assurance of His forgiving grace. The sailor
became a new man, a twice-born soul. A few months later he followed
the Lord in baptism.
Th opportunity to preach his first sermon came on Christmas day,
1859, when the brig on which he was sailing had encountered a gale in
mid-Atlantic. After he had returned to Sweden and his parents learned
that their son had become a Baptist, they were greatly alarmed, fearing
that thereby he would disgrace their good name. However, when the
father had heard him preach he said with deep emotion, "If that is the
way you preach, continue, my son, and God bless you."
Back in America in 1862, in the midst of the Civil War, the Swedish
sailor offered his service to the Union Navy. Having passed his exami-nations
as a naval officer, he served with distinction until the end of
the war in 1865.
In a severe storm in which his ship was nearly lost, Edgren had
promised God that if He would save them from perishing in the gale, he
would devote this life to the gospel service. This promise he kept. At
three different schools, Princeton, Hamilton Theological Seminary and
University of Chicago, he received a thorough training for his great life
work. Edgren became a scholar of distinction, a sound theologian, and a
linguist of rare achievements. He was able to read thirty-two different
languages. In the fall of 1871 the great opportunity of his life had come.
It was then, while yet pastor of the First Swedish Baptist Church of
Chicago, that he founded the Swedish Baptist Theological Seminary, now
Bethel Seminary, as a department of the Divinity School of the Univers-ity
of Chicago. Both scholastically and spiritually, and with heroic sacri-fice
and hard work, the founder laid a good and enduring foundation.
His frail body, however, could not long endure the strain. After some
sixteen years of service, Edgren was forced, due to ill health, to give up
his beloved school work. He retired to California to spend the last twenty
years of his life in poverty and privation. On January 26, 1908, Captain
John Alexis Edgren entered the Haven of Rest. Adolf Olson
The Clarion For 1948-49 Urged
Early Registration
Bethek, PapeA
Retreat Planned
For Minn. BYPU
Headlining the activities of the
Minnesota B. Y. P. U. is their mid-winter
retreat to be held Saturday
and Sunday, February 21-22. Open,
ing the two day conference will be
a recreational evening of games,
swimming, a program with films of
the Y.P. work, and refreshments at
the Minneapolis Y. M. C. A., 9th
and LaSalle, Saturday evening. The
nominal fee of $.40 allows one to
take advantage of the evening.
Bethel students are invited to at-tend.
On Sunday afternoon a big State-wide
Y.P. Rally will be held at
the Central Baptist Church of St.
Paul. Dr. Christenson, President
of Augsburg College, will be the
principal speaker. Again, students
of Bethel are invited to attend.
Tentative plans for, the summer
work of the Y.P. Conference two
Bible Camps • at Big Trout Lake.
The Junior Camp, August 14-21, is
open for those of high school age,
and the Senior Camp, August 21-28,
for those over high school age.
Speakers for the Junior Camp in-clude
Professor Lawson, Carl Olson
and Gunnar Hoglund. Senior Camp
speakers are Rev. Curtis B. Aken-son,
Minneapolis First Baptist, Rev.
Maurice Wessman of Sioux Falls,
S. D., and Rev. Walter Olson of
the Payne Avenue Baptist Church,
St. Paul.
New Attire in Offing
For Male Chorus Trip
This year when the Male Chorus
goes on its annual tour, they will
be wearing new maroon-colored
robes. Last year the robes were
rented, but this year the fellows
will be singing in robes that belong
to the school. After a lot of con-sideration
over the problem, the
Policy Committee allowed the pur-chase
of these robes.
In the middle of January, survey
sheets on Christian experience
were distributed to all Bethel Col-lege
students. From the 50 reports
which have been returned to date,
we discover some interesting sta-tistics:
The most popular age of conver-sion
is the intermediate age (13-
16) which leads with 23; Junior
age (9-12) has 17; Young Peoples
has 2. The leading influence to
age (18-25) has 8; Primary (7-8)
conversion was through the reach-ing
of the Word, having 27; ; 16
were through the influence of par
ents; 8 through Christian com-panions;
Sunday School and DVBS
tied with 6 each; 5 influenced
through personal work; 2 through
reading the Bible; 1 in camp; 1 in
children's meetings.
Of the 50 surveyed, 27 joined the
church between the ages of 13-16;
12 at the Junior age (9-12). After
accepting Christ, 25 indicated sat-isfaction
and relief as the effect
of conversion; a change of conduct
was the effect- for 23. 21 valued
Christian friends as being the most
help in their Christian life; Bible
study and reading religious books
was the most help for 18. The age
of most difficulty occurred for 25
between the ages of 18-21; 13 in-dicated
the ages between 14-17 as
most difficult.
Thirty-eight of the 50 students
still attend Sunday school; 6
dropped out between the ages of
15-18; 4 between the agese of 12-15.
Twelve decided definitely for
Christian service between the ages
of 16-18; 8 between 19-21.
Students planning to attend Beth-el
next year may register for dor-mitory
rooms beginning the fif-teenth
of March, the Policy Com-mittee
has announced. Students
will be asked to state, when regi-stering,
their preferences as to
roommates. Due to the shortage
of rooms it Nvill necessarily be on
a first come—first served basis.
So register early.
It is also requested that students
be reminded of Dining Hall Rules
in regard to dress. Wednesday
evening and Sunday are dress-up
times. Proper dress at those times
includes the following: shirt, tie
and suit coat for men; stockings
with heels for women. Exceptions
will be made only to those coming
directly from work. Tee Shirts and
sweaters are not allowed at these
times— slacks may be worn on
Saturday only.
Faculty Plans Restudy
of Admission Standards
At the last monthly meeting of
the Bethel faculty, February 10, it
was decides that the committee on
admission restudy the standards
and policies heretofore used in
registering students. Both entrance
to the College and re-registration
for the subsequent quarter will be
considered.
The curriculm committee will
also consider the advisability of a
preministerial sequence of courses
of both required and recommended
subjects.
Approved of a joint faculty and
student committee on visual ed-ucation
was voiced by the adminis-tration.
This group will select both
educational and Christian films for
weekly presentation. Films will be
shown at the most convenient time
for all students. Byron Skalman,
chairman of the committee, Zack
Icleinsasser a r e represenatives
chos neby the Student council.
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The New Approach?
The other night in Berlin a high-ranking
Russian Army of Occupation official spent an
informal evening in the quarters of one of the
American Army's top staff officers. The Rus-sian,
a Communist Party political adviser to
Marshall Sokolovsky, had explicitly asked for
the two-man meeting, and additionally, he had
requested the topic for the evening dis-cussion:
"The possibility of a political rap-prochement
between the United States and the
Soviet Union". Among other things, • the Red
officer said that the Politburo in the Kremlin
is eagerly watching what Congress does with
the Marshall plan ; and that Russia does not
want to commit itself to a long-drawn-out
economic struggle with the Western Powers,
but would now rather turn a foreign policy
- about-face" and accept the original invitation
to join the American sponsored European Re-covery
Program.
We know that this meeting did take place,
but, of course, as yet, we do not know how
much _authority this Russian officer had to
speak officially for his government.
But this is not an isolated fragment clutched
at in an idealistic wish for peace. There are
other concrete evidences that might add up
to an imminent radical change in the foreign
policy of the USSR. For instance, (1) after
two years of balking, the Reds have now begun
reciprocal reparations deliveries, (2) they
have opened negotiations to settle their Lend-
Lease account and have made their own offer
to return some of the Liberty ships, (3) they
have cut in half their claims on Austrian
assets and have agreed to currency reforms
in that country, thereby giving new hope for
an early peace treaty, (4) new Ambassador
Panyushkin is unusually sociable in Washing-ton,
(5)—and this could suggest clearing the
decks for co-operation with the Marshall plan-the
Kremlin has thrown overboard Dimitrov's
publicized proposed federation of the Red
Balkan states.
These six factors cannot be tossed aside
without thought. Responsible State Depart-ment
policy makers are greatly surprised by
these "friendly" Russian moves. They are baf-fled
worried. It is hard to visualize and plan for
co-operative Russia.
Are the Reds ready to sign the armistice of
the cold-war? Do they conclude that they have
extracted all possible gain from the present
European economic instability? Are the Russ-ians
now really afraid of the economic might
of the United States? And will the American
public support a Marshall plan without the
spector of spreading communism hanging over
the world's head? How can we immediately\
reorient our domestic military and economic
policy to suit a possible communist change?
These are some of the questions that keep
the diplomats awake at night.—Maybe we
will have "peace in our time".
C. A. Appelquist
If he's young, he lacks experience; if his
hair is gray, he is too old; if he has no child-ren,
he is setting a bad example; if he has five
or six, he is carrying it too far.
If his wife sings in the choir, she is being
forward; if she does not, she is not interested
in her husband's work.
If he speaks from notes, he has canned ser-mons
and is dry; if he is extemporaneous, he
is not deep.
If he spends too much time in his study, he
neglects his people; if he visits, he is a gad-about.
If he is attentive to the poor, he is playing
to the grandstand; if to the wealthy, he is
trying to be an aristocrat.
If he suggests improvements for the church,
he is a dictator; if he makes no suggestions,
he is a figurehead.
If he uses too many illustrations, he neglects
the Bible; if not enough, he is not clear.
If he condemns wrong, he is cranky; if he
does not, he is a compromiser. If he peaches
an hour, he is windy; if less, he is lazy.
If he reaches the truth, he is offensive; if
not, he is a hypocrite.
If he fails to please everybody, he is hurt
ing the church; if he does please everybody,
he has no convictions.
If he preaches tithing, he is a money-grab-ber;
if he does not, he is failing to develop
his people.
If he receives a large salary, he is mercen-ary;
if a small salary, it proves he is not worth
much.
If he preaches all the time, the people get
tired of hearing one man; if he invites guest
preachers, he is shirking responsibility.
—Threefold Advocate
Bazit and Baziciv
Dear Buddy,
It was bad enough to see this sign on one
of the girls' dorm doors during mid-quarter
exam week: "Geniuses at work. Please do not
disturb." But the pay-off was at room 128,
where we read: "If you have a half-hour to
spare, don't spend it with someone who hasn't."
Don't tell anyone that Margie Rundquist and
Naomi Nesterud live in 128, will you, Buddy?
Well, here's hoping they get "A" averages.
While dictating 'a letter the other day, "Doc"
Karlson said something like this: "Rev
is. a man of sterling character, varied abilities,
and a forward look not the new look." Our
Sem Dean is really right up with the time,
isn't he?
I suppose you, as well as everyone else on
the campus, have heard Bob Bronko complain,
"Sometimes I wish they'd feed us Red Heart.
At least we'd know what we're eating; the
contents are right on the can." No kidding,
though, the food has improved since milk has
been limited. However, now Bob is afraid he'll
lose his teeth—lack of calcium, you know.
Since I found it necessary to be absent from
Freshman Conference the week that table
manners were discussed, I asked my neighbor
(Cliff Anderson) what he had learned during
that hour. This was his rely: "I learned how to
hold the lance while harpooning." Come to
think of it, sometimes those steaks are tough,
aren't they? Not at Bethel, of course.
Now if I weren't a lady, I'd follow Berge's
tactics of a couple of weeks ago and put an ad
in the Clarion, giving my phone number (NEs-ter
8855), free evenings (all of 'em), general
description (blonde, Dlue eyes, 5' 5"). and
Did I hear you say something about age and
weight? Well, I'll have you know I'm a lady
and therefore wouldn't even think of putting in
an ad like that! Goodby!
by President Wingblade
How true it is that he who has good books
for his companions and who has cultivated a
love for them need never be lonely, even though
he be marooned on a desert island.
"A good book", says Milton, "is the precious
life blood of a Master Spirit embalmed and
treasured up on purpose for a life beyond life."
Says another, "This is the best of me. For
the rest I ate and drank, loved and hated, and
my life was as a vapor and is not. But this
I know and felt, this is the best of me this
is my book!" When we read a great book, we
are communing with a great man at his best.
Some years ago, President Charles Elliot of
Harvard listed a number of books which be-came
the famous "five foot book shelf." These
were chosen as forming the nucleus of the
great literature of all time. The person who
read this selection could well be called "an
educated man."
Not so long ago there came out a list of one
hundred of the greatest books chosen by a
committee of one hundred people, all of whose
names were in "Who's Who." The suggestion
was that everyone should read those hundred
books before he was forty.
High on the list were such works as The
Scarlet Letter, Ivanhoe, Les Miserables," and
The Tale of Two Cities. Farther down were
such works as The Will to Believe by William
James, and Pilgrims Progress.
Certainly there are great opportunities open
to young people these days for inspiring and
edifying reading—biography, history, philoso-phy,
literature—and many other fields.
David Pryde wrote a guide book some years
ago entitled, What to Read and How to Read.
This was a good help, especially for beginners
who wish to cultivate a good reading program.
Ruskin points out that there are booKra for
the hour, and books for all time. We should not
waste time on the first class. We can scarcely
put in too much time on the second. A book
that is worth reading at all is usually worth
reading again, or referring to many times. One
of our fine pastors told me that he had read
through Les Miserables- once each year since
he left Bethel.
But in all our reading, there is one book
we must not neglect. That is the Book that
draws its inspiration from the eternal heart of
God.
HOMER
A-roma-round 10:30
"Make Mine White, Hooligan,"
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"Pa stor-ettes://
Students Serve
Near-by Areas
Approximately seventy-five per
cent of the men from the seminary
are student pastors. They serve
local, small town, and rural
churches in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
and Iowa.
Those seminary students serving
churches in the Twin Cities area
find it possible to hold midweek
prayer meetings and young peoples
meetings during the week besides
serving on Sunday. In contrast,
those serving churches in rural
areas have to crowd their week
end schedule to accomplish all
these activities.
A typical pastor will leave Bet-hel
campus after his Friday class-es.
Upon arriving at his pastorate,
a weekly prayer meeting is held
that same evening. Saturday is
taken up with visitation work and
sermon preparation f o r Sunday.
After breaking the Bread of Life
on Sunday, the student pastor
starts back to Bethel on Monday to
get back early for Tuesday classes
in the seminary.
The student pastor program is
a very practical phase of - a min-isterial
training. This program al-lows
a release for the blessings and
Classroom learning of the week.
Many of the people who hear the
Gospel preached by these students
would not hear it otherwise.
Maurice
Le Glorieu
This is Founder's Week. Reminds
one of the poem, "Founders Keep-ers,
Losers Weepers". Speaking of
poems, how does this sound for
coming out of my jokebook.
I never see my pastor's eyes;
He hides their light divine—
For when he prays he shuts his
own,
And, when he preaches, mine.
For the benefit of the visitors
here this week, I would like to
tell a little about Bethel. First, we
have students. Bethel Students like
to be treated with kindness by
their parents, but not with unre-mitting
kindness.
Some students budget, that's a
method of worrying before you
spend instead of afterwards. We
have a school bank where we can
borrow money if we have suffic-ient
evidence to show we don't
need it. We are gaining much ex-perience
in Public Speaking
though. Experience is a name we
give to our mistakes. Public Speak-ing
is the art of diluting a two-minute
idea with a two-hour vo-cabulary.
We are busy though, with
committee meetings and all. A com-mittee
is a body that keep minutes
and wastes hours. It's easy to pick
out the good students around here;
they'll help you do it. And so ends
the untruth about Bethel.
School Calendar: Abe Lincoln's
Birthday—School As Uusual
King Gustaf's Birthday — No
School-3 wks. Smorgosbord.
Greenman Leads
Team Scoring
The Indians have played 14
games to date, winning 9 and losing
5. They are in first place in the
conference with 9 wins and 2 de-feats;
3 losses have been non-con-ference
games. In compiling this
record the Indians have scored an
_ average of 47.7 points per game
while holding their opponents to
43.7 points per game. These are the
score of games played:
Bethel 40 Bethany 36
Bethel 39 Rochester 38
Bethel 41
Northwestern 45
Bethel 42
Superior State 64
Bethel 48
Concordia 42
Bethel 65
Worthington 36■
Bethel 64
Luther 44
Bethel 50
Benthany 40
Bethel 38
Austin 32
Bethel 29
Rochester 32
Bethel 75
Luther 53
Bethel 41
Sioux 54
Bethel 41
Tracy 42
Bethel 55
Tracy 54
Ken Greenman leads the Indians
in scoring with 166 points, and
Wayne Peterson is a close second
with 139 points. The next 4 high-est
are Sandberg, 112 points;
Eklof, 64 points; Porcella, 53
points; and Nelson, 50 points.
These statistics do not include the
game with Waldorf.
Arrangements have been made
for a game with Northwestern Fri-day
night, February 20th.
Super Party Features
Mantzke-Nelson Team
Radio Quiz Program
On Friday the 13th, the Clarion
and Spire staffs combined to spon-sor
the first all-school Super Party
of the year. Party games, a radio-skit,
and a birthday specialty lunch
crowded the evening with laughter
and enjoyment for nearly 200 stud-ents
and faculty. The "Miss Tyst"
identity contest, finally won by Art
Bergeson, lent an air of mystery
to all activities.
Group games led by Bob Nelson
were held in the gym for the first
forty-five minute period of the
evening. The group then moved to
the autitorium where a radio pro-gram
over station KJCE took place.
Bob Mantzke and Nelson directed
a quizz period in which contestents
won coupons redeemable for mer-chandise
in the Coffee Shop.
"Orchestra" music was provided by
maestro Marwin Lindstedt with the
aid of phonograph records. Marilyn
Fredrickson and Mantzke supplied
several vocals in the same manner.
George and Martha Washington
(Jim Rhenberg and Doris Turn-wall)
served as host and hostess
during the lunch hour in the din-ing
hall. Pat Calbom gave a read-ing
of a radio program. "Miss
Tyst" was identified as Mrs. Harold
(Evelyn) Christenson for which an
$8.75 Parker Pen was awarded
through the courtesy of Falcon
Heights Pharmacy.
I-M League Goes
Into 2nd Round
Intra-mural Besketball Standings
at the end of the first round, Feb-ruary
6.
Team Wan Lost
#6 Unknowns 7 0
#7 Goldbricks 6 1
#4 Grubbers 5 2'
#5 Angels 3 .4
#1 Red Rebels 2 5
#3 Whiz-Kids 2 5
#2 Coldshost 2 5
#8 Undertakers 1 6
With the opening of the second
round last Friday, play became
plainly faster and more furious. In
the first game of the day, the
Angels, led by Bob Daley, came
from behind and e4ed out a 26-24
overtime victory over the up-and-coming
Red Rebels. Bud Johnson
played good ball for the Rebels
racking up 9 points.
In the second game, the Un-knowns
made it eight straight wins
by trouncing the Coldshots 40-16 in
a one-sided game. Nels Nelson cap-tured
top scoring honors for the
winners, sinking six field goals and
one free throw to total 13 points.
The third game was another
thriller as the Engstrom-less Gold-bricks
went down to their second
defeat of the year, being nosed
out 32-30 by the Whiz-Kids. Ev
Johnson was the star of the Wiz-
Kids as he scored 15 points, and
won the game with a basket in the
last three seconds.
The final games saw the Under-takers
finally come through with
their first regular win of the sea-son
in defeating the Grubbers 22-14.
Dave Osterberg paced the victors
with eleven points.
Central-Bethel"
Top Church Loop
League Standings
Won Lost
Central 5 1
Bethel 5 1
Bethlehem 4 1
Bethany 4 2
Payne Avenue 2 4
Bethlehem Chp. 1 3
Elim 1 4
Minnehaha 0 6
The Twin City Baptist Church
League moved to a close with
four games played at Wesley Tem-ple
last Saturday evening. Bethel
scored an overwhelming victory
over the Bethlehem team 58 to 16,
to climb into a first place tie with
Central. Other scores were: Cen-tral
28, Bethlehem Chapel 21; Beth-any
31, Payne Avenue 26; Elim 23,
Minnehaha 11.
The final round of league play
is scheduled for Wesley Temple on
Saturday evening, Feb. 28th. In the
first game at 6:45 p.m. Bethel will
play Payne Avenue; Bethany and
Elim play the second game; in the
third game Minnehaha will try to
top Bethlehem Chapel for their
first win;
Eklof Leads Team
With 18 Points
The Indians eked out a 55 to 54
triumph over Tracy Junior College
in a conference game played at
Bethel last Saturday evening. This
important win enabled Bethel to
remain in first place in the league,
and it avenged a previous 42 to 41
defeat in a game played at Tracy.
EKLOF SCORES 18 POINTS
Playing sensational ball, Ed
Eklof dropped in six buckets and
six free throws to lead the scoring
with 18 points. Greenman followed
with 12 points. Hatch and Ford
starred for Tracy, scoring 17 and 15
points respectively.
This was one of the most ex-citing
games of the season, and one
of the roughest, as evidenced by
the total of 42 fouls called. The
game followed the pattern of the
first meeting of these teams on the
previous Monday in that Bethel
held a 3 point lead with bu,t a
minute and half to play. From this
point on the play was exceptionally
wild with two Tracy players foul-ing
out. The fans alternately moan-ed
and cheered as the Indians des-partely
stalled the precious seconds
away, and the Tracy team just as
desperately fought to narrow the
margin to one point, only to have
several game-winning shots roll off
the rim. This time it was Bethel's
rite, and they gained a thrilling
one point victory.
"B" TEAM WINS 54-37
In the preliminary game the "B"
Team trounced the Bethlehem
Baptist by a 54 to 37 score. Roy
Johnson and Waage led the scoring
with 19 and 15 points respectively.
Benson, who played for Coach Ed-words
last year, scored 15 points
for Bethlehem.
BOX SCORE
BETHEL
FG FT PF TP
Peterson I 5 0 2 10
Sandberg f 0 4 1 4
Nelson f 1 2 3 4
Porcella c 1 1 3 3
Eklof c 6 6 2 18
Greenman g 6 0 0 12
Dischinger g 1 2 5 4
Rentz g 0 0 0 0
Totals 20 15 16 55
TRACY FG FT PF TP
Olson f 4 5 5 13
Hanson f 0 0 3 0
Nackerud f 2 1 5 5
Wettestad f 0 0 2 0
Hess c 1 2 5 4
Ford g 6 3 2 15
Hatch g 8 1 4 17
Cook g 0 0 0 0
Totals 21 12 26 54
"B" GAME
BETHEL "B"
FG FT PF TP
Peterson f 0 1 2 1
Waage f 6 3 0 15
Sims f 1 0 1 2
3 hnson c 1 5 3 7
Olson g 3 1 5 7
Vance g 0 0 0 0
Dickenson g 0 0 5 0
Anderson g 0 0 0 0
Skoog g 1 1 1 3
Johnson g 9 1 1 19
Totals 21 12 18 64
BETHLEHEM
BAPTIST
FG FT PF TP
Benson f 6 3 3 15
Peterson f 0 0 0 0
Johnson f 1 1 0 3
Nelson c 3 1 5 7
Wessman g 0 0 3 0
Nyquist g 1 2 4 4
Adolphson g 3 2 1 8
Dahlquist g 0 0 0 0
Totals 14 9 16 37
Indians Edge Tracy in Thriller 55-54
Have you got a dime?
We don't want it tor a cup of
coffee, but we do want it to help
us to reach our Missionary Band
goal. We are counting on "dime
week" to put us back on sched-ule.
Right now we are $200
behind. Will you do your part?
When you get a dime, put it
in one of the jars in the coffee
shop, main hall, or any of the
dormitories. Thank you.
Missionary Band
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In Good Condition
See Jim Rentz, Room 111
P. 0. Box 120
SEE Bud Weber
For Dependable Quality
Dry Cleaning Service
Hamline Cleaners
724 N. Snelling Ave.
N. L. Hermes
FLOWER AND GIFT SHOP
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1583 No. Hamline Avenue
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Sem Classes Gospel Team Regulations Stated
Explain Plans
SENIORS
The Seminary Senior Class met
last Thursday. The main topic of
discussion was the choice of the
class gift to the school. Definite
plans have been made but are not
yet ready to be revealed.
Garnet Jenkins, President of the
Class, will complete his studies at
the end of this quarter, but will
return in May for graduation. Del-bert
Kuehl will be acting president
during his absence.
MIDDLERS
Tuesday, May 4, has been set by
the Middlemen as the date of the
Seminary banquet. Dr. Karlson has
consented to be the main speaker
with "That I May Knok Him" as
the theme. This annual affair will
be held this year at Lee's High-land
Village in St. Paul. Final
arrangements are being made by
committees of the Junior and the
Middlemen classes of the Semin
ary.
JUNIORS
At a meeting of the Seminary
Junior Class last Thursday, Allen
Johnson President, appointed two
committees to work on the Sem-inary
Banquet. They are: Decora-tors,
Arlene Peterson, Chairman;
and Program, Dorothy Nelson,
Chairman.
Tape Recorder Purchased
By Speech Department
A new addition to augment the
speech department of our school
has been made with the purchase
of a new recorder. The recorder,
which is of the newest soundmirror
type, employs a magnetic principle
to reproduce sound waves on a
metallicized tape.
Each reel of tape is capable of
recording a full half-hour program.
If a permanent recording is not
needed, the tape can be "erased"
by merely runing it _through the
process of making a new recording.
Besides being able to use each
real of tape an unlimited number
of times, it can also be spliced to
remove or add special portions of
recorded material.
Kingsley-Christenson
Take Debate Honors
Denver, Colorado, now knows of
the debating prowess of two Bethel
students, Lee Kingsley and Harold
Christenson. These two students
won all of their debates in the
speech and debate meet held in
Denver, February 13 and 14. King-sley
placed first of forty in one
contest while Christenson placed
fifth in still another contest. King-sley
and Christenson were ac-compied
on their trip by Mr. Sam-uel
Schultz, their advisor. All
three men - held meetings in
churches while there.
Bethel Bookstore
& Coffee Shop •
—Where Students and Faculty
Meet Around the Coffee Cup
Morning, afternoon and evening
The following recently-altered re-gulations
governing out-of-town
trips by Gospel team groups were
printed by request of the Religious
Council. These regulations were
approved, as amended, by the
Policy committee last week.
1. Students are allowed two late
leaves per quarter for Gospel Team
participation in addition to their
regular stated weekly late leave.
Eighty mile limit for Sunday even-ing
services.
2. Maximum of six trips in any
one quarter for any one team.
3. All such excursions are to be
chaperoned and programs approved
Hagstrom Residence -
Goal of Many Couples ;
All by 1958, Perhaps
With rumors flying concerning
new occupants of the 'married coup-les
dormitory next year, it became
necessary that the Clarion should
divulge the facts relating to the
situation.
Yes, it is true that there are a
few names of unmarried and un-engaged
male Bethelites on the
list of couples waiting to move
into Hagstrom Hall. And, it is
true that one of these unmarried,
unengaged males is at the begin-ning
of the list, but we also find
that moving either in or out is now
at a standstill.
It is a requirement that residents
have only one child of pre-school
age. There are thirty-three apart-ments
in all, and all are occupied
at present which doesn't look very
encouraging to the 70 people on
the waiting list. However, the
names are taken in the order of
their application and if the present
W. J. Borchert Midway 4287
10% discount—Bethel students
and faculty
Mid-Town Cleaners
QUALITY WORK
1558 Como Ave. at Snelling
one week in advance by advisor
and Vice-president in charge of
Gospel Teams.
4. Only "C" average students
shall be permitted to go. (Check
for o.k. in dean's office.)
5. The Vice president in charge
of Gospel Teams is responsible for
planning the programs that are to
be presented.
6. No trips are to be planned for
the Sunday previous to examination
week.
7. All overnight stops must have
Policy Committee approval.
8. Any other trips are to be acted
upon by the Policy Committee.
Mr. Sedard Speaks
To French Club
The French Club held its second
regular meeting in Edgren Hall
Tuesday night, February 10. Main
feature of the program was a
motion picture depicting a trip
through Belgium, France, Switzer-land,
and Denmark. Mr. Sedard, of
the Sedard World Travel Agency,
was present and explained the
pictures as they were shown.
The question of affiliation with
the I. S. S., a world wide organizat-ion
of foreign language clubs was
brought up for discussion and ap-proved.
It was also decided to do
something to help alleviate the
suffering in Europe by sending
some clothes to needy families.
The meeting closed with refresh-ments
and a time of fellowship.
residents decide not to take all
seven years at Bethel, everyone on•
the list may be included by 1958.
Commers' Fashion
Center
Ladies and Childrens Ready
to Wear
Open until 9 Mon. and Thurs.
Snelling and Larpenteur
New Book Notices
Some of the new books added to
the library this week:
Beaumont, Francis: Selected
Plays
Borg, Dorothy: American Policy
and the Chinese Revolution
Breasted, James: Ancient Rec-ords
of Egypt
Cooper, Herbert: Scientific In-struments
Ferm, Vergilius: Religion in the
TWentieth Century
Havighurst, Walter: Upper Mis-sissippi,
A Wilderness Saga
Mander, A. E.: Logic for Millions
Marlowe, Christopher: Plays
Munoz, Frank: Microscope and Its
Use
Powell, Chilton: English Domes-tic
Relations 1487-1653
Radcliffe, Ann : Mysteries of
Udolpho
Singmaster, Elsie: I Speak for
Thaddeous Stevens
Smith, T. Lynn: Sociology of
Rural Life (rev. ed.)
Speiser, Ephraim: United States
and the Near East
Stern e, Lawrence: Tristram
Shandy
Strausbaugh, Perry: General Bi-ology
(rev. ed.) -
Sweet, William: Story of Re-ligion
in America
Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays
Yearbook of the United Nations

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Vol. XXVII—No. 15 February 19, 1948
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
Christian Educator
JOHN ALEXIS EDGREN
Statistics on Christian Experience
Dr. Edgren Distinguished Founder of Seminary
John Alexis Edgren, the illustrious founder of Bethel, the Seminary
department, was born in the province of Varmland, Sweden, February
20, 1839. He received a very good education. A university student was his
Private tutor in the early years of his life. After preparatory studies in
high school, where he distinguished himself especially in languages and
mathematics, he entered the Navigation School of Stockholm. Here he
was graduated at the age of twenty as captain in the Swedish Merchant
Marine, receiving the highest honors ever bestowed on a nautical gradu-ate
in Sweden. Later he passed examinations as instructor in navigat-ion.
In the meanwhile, especially in summer time, Edgren, like a true
Viking, followed the lure of the sea and sailed for several years under
five different flags—English, Swedish, Norwegian, German and American.
The all important crisis in the young sailor's life came at the age
of eighteen. It happened one stormy night in February, 1857, while his
ship was waiting to sail from the harbor of New York. It was dark and
dismal. The storm howled and the snow whirled. In the soul of Edgren
it was even darker. Then he walked out on the deck and fell on his
knees to pray. As he prayed divine light broke in. He believed God's
promise and received assurance of His forgiving grace. The sailor
became a new man, a twice-born soul. A few months later he followed
the Lord in baptism.
Th opportunity to preach his first sermon came on Christmas day,
1859, when the brig on which he was sailing had encountered a gale in
mid-Atlantic. After he had returned to Sweden and his parents learned
that their son had become a Baptist, they were greatly alarmed, fearing
that thereby he would disgrace their good name. However, when the
father had heard him preach he said with deep emotion, "If that is the
way you preach, continue, my son, and God bless you."
Back in America in 1862, in the midst of the Civil War, the Swedish
sailor offered his service to the Union Navy. Having passed his exami-nations
as a naval officer, he served with distinction until the end of
the war in 1865.
In a severe storm in which his ship was nearly lost, Edgren had
promised God that if He would save them from perishing in the gale, he
would devote this life to the gospel service. This promise he kept. At
three different schools, Princeton, Hamilton Theological Seminary and
University of Chicago, he received a thorough training for his great life
work. Edgren became a scholar of distinction, a sound theologian, and a
linguist of rare achievements. He was able to read thirty-two different
languages. In the fall of 1871 the great opportunity of his life had come.
It was then, while yet pastor of the First Swedish Baptist Church of
Chicago, that he founded the Swedish Baptist Theological Seminary, now
Bethel Seminary, as a department of the Divinity School of the Univers-ity
of Chicago. Both scholastically and spiritually, and with heroic sacri-fice
and hard work, the founder laid a good and enduring foundation.
His frail body, however, could not long endure the strain. After some
sixteen years of service, Edgren was forced, due to ill health, to give up
his beloved school work. He retired to California to spend the last twenty
years of his life in poverty and privation. On January 26, 1908, Captain
John Alexis Edgren entered the Haven of Rest. Adolf Olson
The Clarion For 1948-49 Urged
Early Registration
Bethek, PapeA
Retreat Planned
For Minn. BYPU
Headlining the activities of the
Minnesota B. Y. P. U. is their mid-winter
retreat to be held Saturday
and Sunday, February 21-22. Open,
ing the two day conference will be
a recreational evening of games,
swimming, a program with films of
the Y.P. work, and refreshments at
the Minneapolis Y. M. C. A., 9th
and LaSalle, Saturday evening. The
nominal fee of $.40 allows one to
take advantage of the evening.
Bethel students are invited to at-tend.
On Sunday afternoon a big State-wide
Y.P. Rally will be held at
the Central Baptist Church of St.
Paul. Dr. Christenson, President
of Augsburg College, will be the
principal speaker. Again, students
of Bethel are invited to attend.
Tentative plans for, the summer
work of the Y.P. Conference two
Bible Camps • at Big Trout Lake.
The Junior Camp, August 14-21, is
open for those of high school age,
and the Senior Camp, August 21-28,
for those over high school age.
Speakers for the Junior Camp in-clude
Professor Lawson, Carl Olson
and Gunnar Hoglund. Senior Camp
speakers are Rev. Curtis B. Aken-son,
Minneapolis First Baptist, Rev.
Maurice Wessman of Sioux Falls,
S. D., and Rev. Walter Olson of
the Payne Avenue Baptist Church,
St. Paul.
New Attire in Offing
For Male Chorus Trip
This year when the Male Chorus
goes on its annual tour, they will
be wearing new maroon-colored
robes. Last year the robes were
rented, but this year the fellows
will be singing in robes that belong
to the school. After a lot of con-sideration
over the problem, the
Policy Committee allowed the pur-chase
of these robes.
In the middle of January, survey
sheets on Christian experience
were distributed to all Bethel Col-lege
students. From the 50 reports
which have been returned to date,
we discover some interesting sta-tistics:
The most popular age of conver-sion
is the intermediate age (13-
16) which leads with 23; Junior
age (9-12) has 17; Young Peoples
has 2. The leading influence to
age (18-25) has 8; Primary (7-8)
conversion was through the reach-ing
of the Word, having 27; ; 16
were through the influence of par
ents; 8 through Christian com-panions;
Sunday School and DVBS
tied with 6 each; 5 influenced
through personal work; 2 through
reading the Bible; 1 in camp; 1 in
children's meetings.
Of the 50 surveyed, 27 joined the
church between the ages of 13-16;
12 at the Junior age (9-12). After
accepting Christ, 25 indicated sat-isfaction
and relief as the effect
of conversion; a change of conduct
was the effect- for 23. 21 valued
Christian friends as being the most
help in their Christian life; Bible
study and reading religious books
was the most help for 18. The age
of most difficulty occurred for 25
between the ages of 18-21; 13 in-dicated
the ages between 14-17 as
most difficult.
Thirty-eight of the 50 students
still attend Sunday school; 6
dropped out between the ages of
15-18; 4 between the agese of 12-15.
Twelve decided definitely for
Christian service between the ages
of 16-18; 8 between 19-21.
Students planning to attend Beth-el
next year may register for dor-mitory
rooms beginning the fif-teenth
of March, the Policy Com-mittee
has announced. Students
will be asked to state, when regi-stering,
their preferences as to
roommates. Due to the shortage
of rooms it Nvill necessarily be on
a first come—first served basis.
So register early.
It is also requested that students
be reminded of Dining Hall Rules
in regard to dress. Wednesday
evening and Sunday are dress-up
times. Proper dress at those times
includes the following: shirt, tie
and suit coat for men; stockings
with heels for women. Exceptions
will be made only to those coming
directly from work. Tee Shirts and
sweaters are not allowed at these
times— slacks may be worn on
Saturday only.
Faculty Plans Restudy
of Admission Standards
At the last monthly meeting of
the Bethel faculty, February 10, it
was decides that the committee on
admission restudy the standards
and policies heretofore used in
registering students. Both entrance
to the College and re-registration
for the subsequent quarter will be
considered.
The curriculm committee will
also consider the advisability of a
preministerial sequence of courses
of both required and recommended
subjects.
Approved of a joint faculty and
student committee on visual ed-ucation
was voiced by the adminis-tration.
This group will select both
educational and Christian films for
weekly presentation. Films will be
shown at the most convenient time
for all students. Byron Skalman,
chairman of the committee, Zack
Icleinsasser a r e represenatives
chos neby the Student council.
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Bernice Madsen.
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Roy Dalton
Art Editor Ted Hamlin
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Business Manager Bob Hamlett
Circulation Manager Kenneth Skov
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Subscription price $1.50 per year
The New Approach?
The other night in Berlin a high-ranking
Russian Army of Occupation official spent an
informal evening in the quarters of one of the
American Army's top staff officers. The Rus-sian,
a Communist Party political adviser to
Marshall Sokolovsky, had explicitly asked for
the two-man meeting, and additionally, he had
requested the topic for the evening dis-cussion:
"The possibility of a political rap-prochement
between the United States and the
Soviet Union". Among other things, • the Red
officer said that the Politburo in the Kremlin
is eagerly watching what Congress does with
the Marshall plan ; and that Russia does not
want to commit itself to a long-drawn-out
economic struggle with the Western Powers,
but would now rather turn a foreign policy
- about-face" and accept the original invitation
to join the American sponsored European Re-covery
Program.
We know that this meeting did take place,
but, of course, as yet, we do not know how
much _authority this Russian officer had to
speak officially for his government.
But this is not an isolated fragment clutched
at in an idealistic wish for peace. There are
other concrete evidences that might add up
to an imminent radical change in the foreign
policy of the USSR. For instance, (1) after
two years of balking, the Reds have now begun
reciprocal reparations deliveries, (2) they
have opened negotiations to settle their Lend-
Lease account and have made their own offer
to return some of the Liberty ships, (3) they
have cut in half their claims on Austrian
assets and have agreed to currency reforms
in that country, thereby giving new hope for
an early peace treaty, (4) new Ambassador
Panyushkin is unusually sociable in Washing-ton,
(5)—and this could suggest clearing the
decks for co-operation with the Marshall plan-the
Kremlin has thrown overboard Dimitrov's
publicized proposed federation of the Red
Balkan states.
These six factors cannot be tossed aside
without thought. Responsible State Depart-ment
policy makers are greatly surprised by
these "friendly" Russian moves. They are baf-fled
worried. It is hard to visualize and plan for
co-operative Russia.
Are the Reds ready to sign the armistice of
the cold-war? Do they conclude that they have
extracted all possible gain from the present
European economic instability? Are the Russ-ians
now really afraid of the economic might
of the United States? And will the American
public support a Marshall plan without the
spector of spreading communism hanging over
the world's head? How can we immediately\
reorient our domestic military and economic
policy to suit a possible communist change?
These are some of the questions that keep
the diplomats awake at night.—Maybe we
will have "peace in our time".
C. A. Appelquist
If he's young, he lacks experience; if his
hair is gray, he is too old; if he has no child-ren,
he is setting a bad example; if he has five
or six, he is carrying it too far.
If his wife sings in the choir, she is being
forward; if she does not, she is not interested
in her husband's work.
If he speaks from notes, he has canned ser-mons
and is dry; if he is extemporaneous, he
is not deep.
If he spends too much time in his study, he
neglects his people; if he visits, he is a gad-about.
If he is attentive to the poor, he is playing
to the grandstand; if to the wealthy, he is
trying to be an aristocrat.
If he suggests improvements for the church,
he is a dictator; if he makes no suggestions,
he is a figurehead.
If he uses too many illustrations, he neglects
the Bible; if not enough, he is not clear.
If he condemns wrong, he is cranky; if he
does not, he is a compromiser. If he peaches
an hour, he is windy; if less, he is lazy.
If he reaches the truth, he is offensive; if
not, he is a hypocrite.
If he fails to please everybody, he is hurt
ing the church; if he does please everybody,
he has no convictions.
If he preaches tithing, he is a money-grab-ber;
if he does not, he is failing to develop
his people.
If he receives a large salary, he is mercen-ary;
if a small salary, it proves he is not worth
much.
If he preaches all the time, the people get
tired of hearing one man; if he invites guest
preachers, he is shirking responsibility.
—Threefold Advocate
Bazit and Baziciv
Dear Buddy,
It was bad enough to see this sign on one
of the girls' dorm doors during mid-quarter
exam week: "Geniuses at work. Please do not
disturb." But the pay-off was at room 128,
where we read: "If you have a half-hour to
spare, don't spend it with someone who hasn't."
Don't tell anyone that Margie Rundquist and
Naomi Nesterud live in 128, will you, Buddy?
Well, here's hoping they get "A" averages.
While dictating 'a letter the other day, "Doc"
Karlson said something like this: "Rev
is. a man of sterling character, varied abilities,
and a forward look not the new look." Our
Sem Dean is really right up with the time,
isn't he?
I suppose you, as well as everyone else on
the campus, have heard Bob Bronko complain,
"Sometimes I wish they'd feed us Red Heart.
At least we'd know what we're eating; the
contents are right on the can." No kidding,
though, the food has improved since milk has
been limited. However, now Bob is afraid he'll
lose his teeth—lack of calcium, you know.
Since I found it necessary to be absent from
Freshman Conference the week that table
manners were discussed, I asked my neighbor
(Cliff Anderson) what he had learned during
that hour. This was his rely: "I learned how to
hold the lance while harpooning." Come to
think of it, sometimes those steaks are tough,
aren't they? Not at Bethel, of course.
Now if I weren't a lady, I'd follow Berge's
tactics of a couple of weeks ago and put an ad
in the Clarion, giving my phone number (NEs-ter
8855), free evenings (all of 'em), general
description (blonde, Dlue eyes, 5' 5"). and
Did I hear you say something about age and
weight? Well, I'll have you know I'm a lady
and therefore wouldn't even think of putting in
an ad like that! Goodby!
by President Wingblade
How true it is that he who has good books
for his companions and who has cultivated a
love for them need never be lonely, even though
he be marooned on a desert island.
"A good book", says Milton, "is the precious
life blood of a Master Spirit embalmed and
treasured up on purpose for a life beyond life."
Says another, "This is the best of me. For
the rest I ate and drank, loved and hated, and
my life was as a vapor and is not. But this
I know and felt, this is the best of me this
is my book!" When we read a great book, we
are communing with a great man at his best.
Some years ago, President Charles Elliot of
Harvard listed a number of books which be-came
the famous "five foot book shelf." These
were chosen as forming the nucleus of the
great literature of all time. The person who
read this selection could well be called "an
educated man."
Not so long ago there came out a list of one
hundred of the greatest books chosen by a
committee of one hundred people, all of whose
names were in "Who's Who." The suggestion
was that everyone should read those hundred
books before he was forty.
High on the list were such works as The
Scarlet Letter, Ivanhoe, Les Miserables," and
The Tale of Two Cities. Farther down were
such works as The Will to Believe by William
James, and Pilgrims Progress.
Certainly there are great opportunities open
to young people these days for inspiring and
edifying reading—biography, history, philoso-phy,
literature—and many other fields.
David Pryde wrote a guide book some years
ago entitled, What to Read and How to Read.
This was a good help, especially for beginners
who wish to cultivate a good reading program.
Ruskin points out that there are booKra for
the hour, and books for all time. We should not
waste time on the first class. We can scarcely
put in too much time on the second. A book
that is worth reading at all is usually worth
reading again, or referring to many times. One
of our fine pastors told me that he had read
through Les Miserables- once each year since
he left Bethel.
But in all our reading, there is one book
we must not neglect. That is the Book that
draws its inspiration from the eternal heart of
God.
HOMER
A-roma-round 10:30
"Make Mine White, Hooligan,"
THE CLARION Page 3
"Pa stor-ettes://
Students Serve
Near-by Areas
Approximately seventy-five per
cent of the men from the seminary
are student pastors. They serve
local, small town, and rural
churches in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
and Iowa.
Those seminary students serving
churches in the Twin Cities area
find it possible to hold midweek
prayer meetings and young peoples
meetings during the week besides
serving on Sunday. In contrast,
those serving churches in rural
areas have to crowd their week
end schedule to accomplish all
these activities.
A typical pastor will leave Bet-hel
campus after his Friday class-es.
Upon arriving at his pastorate,
a weekly prayer meeting is held
that same evening. Saturday is
taken up with visitation work and
sermon preparation f o r Sunday.
After breaking the Bread of Life
on Sunday, the student pastor
starts back to Bethel on Monday to
get back early for Tuesday classes
in the seminary.
The student pastor program is
a very practical phase of - a min-isterial
training. This program al-lows
a release for the blessings and
Classroom learning of the week.
Many of the people who hear the
Gospel preached by these students
would not hear it otherwise.
Maurice
Le Glorieu
This is Founder's Week. Reminds
one of the poem, "Founders Keep-ers,
Losers Weepers". Speaking of
poems, how does this sound for
coming out of my jokebook.
I never see my pastor's eyes;
He hides their light divine—
For when he prays he shuts his
own,
And, when he preaches, mine.
For the benefit of the visitors
here this week, I would like to
tell a little about Bethel. First, we
have students. Bethel Students like
to be treated with kindness by
their parents, but not with unre-mitting
kindness.
Some students budget, that's a
method of worrying before you
spend instead of afterwards. We
have a school bank where we can
borrow money if we have suffic-ient
evidence to show we don't
need it. We are gaining much ex-perience
in Public Speaking
though. Experience is a name we
give to our mistakes. Public Speak-ing
is the art of diluting a two-minute
idea with a two-hour vo-cabulary.
We are busy though, with
committee meetings and all. A com-mittee
is a body that keep minutes
and wastes hours. It's easy to pick
out the good students around here;
they'll help you do it. And so ends
the untruth about Bethel.
School Calendar: Abe Lincoln's
Birthday—School As Uusual
King Gustaf's Birthday — No
School-3 wks. Smorgosbord.
Greenman Leads
Team Scoring
The Indians have played 14
games to date, winning 9 and losing
5. They are in first place in the
conference with 9 wins and 2 de-feats;
3 losses have been non-con-ference
games. In compiling this
record the Indians have scored an
_ average of 47.7 points per game
while holding their opponents to
43.7 points per game. These are the
score of games played:
Bethel 40 Bethany 36
Bethel 39 Rochester 38
Bethel 41
Northwestern 45
Bethel 42
Superior State 64
Bethel 48
Concordia 42
Bethel 65
Worthington 36■
Bethel 64
Luther 44
Bethel 50
Benthany 40
Bethel 38
Austin 32
Bethel 29
Rochester 32
Bethel 75
Luther 53
Bethel 41
Sioux 54
Bethel 41
Tracy 42
Bethel 55
Tracy 54
Ken Greenman leads the Indians
in scoring with 166 points, and
Wayne Peterson is a close second
with 139 points. The next 4 high-est
are Sandberg, 112 points;
Eklof, 64 points; Porcella, 53
points; and Nelson, 50 points.
These statistics do not include the
game with Waldorf.
Arrangements have been made
for a game with Northwestern Fri-day
night, February 20th.
Super Party Features
Mantzke-Nelson Team
Radio Quiz Program
On Friday the 13th, the Clarion
and Spire staffs combined to spon-sor
the first all-school Super Party
of the year. Party games, a radio-skit,
and a birthday specialty lunch
crowded the evening with laughter
and enjoyment for nearly 200 stud-ents
and faculty. The "Miss Tyst"
identity contest, finally won by Art
Bergeson, lent an air of mystery
to all activities.
Group games led by Bob Nelson
were held in the gym for the first
forty-five minute period of the
evening. The group then moved to
the autitorium where a radio pro-gram
over station KJCE took place.
Bob Mantzke and Nelson directed
a quizz period in which contestents
won coupons redeemable for mer-chandise
in the Coffee Shop.
"Orchestra" music was provided by
maestro Marwin Lindstedt with the
aid of phonograph records. Marilyn
Fredrickson and Mantzke supplied
several vocals in the same manner.
George and Martha Washington
(Jim Rhenberg and Doris Turn-wall)
served as host and hostess
during the lunch hour in the din-ing
hall. Pat Calbom gave a read-ing
of a radio program. "Miss
Tyst" was identified as Mrs. Harold
(Evelyn) Christenson for which an
$8.75 Parker Pen was awarded
through the courtesy of Falcon
Heights Pharmacy.
I-M League Goes
Into 2nd Round
Intra-mural Besketball Standings
at the end of the first round, Feb-ruary
6.
Team Wan Lost
#6 Unknowns 7 0
#7 Goldbricks 6 1
#4 Grubbers 5 2'
#5 Angels 3 .4
#1 Red Rebels 2 5
#3 Whiz-Kids 2 5
#2 Coldshost 2 5
#8 Undertakers 1 6
With the opening of the second
round last Friday, play became
plainly faster and more furious. In
the first game of the day, the
Angels, led by Bob Daley, came
from behind and e4ed out a 26-24
overtime victory over the up-and-coming
Red Rebels. Bud Johnson
played good ball for the Rebels
racking up 9 points.
In the second game, the Un-knowns
made it eight straight wins
by trouncing the Coldshots 40-16 in
a one-sided game. Nels Nelson cap-tured
top scoring honors for the
winners, sinking six field goals and
one free throw to total 13 points.
The third game was another
thriller as the Engstrom-less Gold-bricks
went down to their second
defeat of the year, being nosed
out 32-30 by the Whiz-Kids. Ev
Johnson was the star of the Wiz-
Kids as he scored 15 points, and
won the game with a basket in the
last three seconds.
The final games saw the Under-takers
finally come through with
their first regular win of the sea-son
in defeating the Grubbers 22-14.
Dave Osterberg paced the victors
with eleven points.
Central-Bethel"
Top Church Loop
League Standings
Won Lost
Central 5 1
Bethel 5 1
Bethlehem 4 1
Bethany 4 2
Payne Avenue 2 4
Bethlehem Chp. 1 3
Elim 1 4
Minnehaha 0 6
The Twin City Baptist Church
League moved to a close with
four games played at Wesley Tem-ple
last Saturday evening. Bethel
scored an overwhelming victory
over the Bethlehem team 58 to 16,
to climb into a first place tie with
Central. Other scores were: Cen-tral
28, Bethlehem Chapel 21; Beth-any
31, Payne Avenue 26; Elim 23,
Minnehaha 11.
The final round of league play
is scheduled for Wesley Temple on
Saturday evening, Feb. 28th. In the
first game at 6:45 p.m. Bethel will
play Payne Avenue; Bethany and
Elim play the second game; in the
third game Minnehaha will try to
top Bethlehem Chapel for their
first win;
Eklof Leads Team
With 18 Points
The Indians eked out a 55 to 54
triumph over Tracy Junior College
in a conference game played at
Bethel last Saturday evening. This
important win enabled Bethel to
remain in first place in the league,
and it avenged a previous 42 to 41
defeat in a game played at Tracy.
EKLOF SCORES 18 POINTS
Playing sensational ball, Ed
Eklof dropped in six buckets and
six free throws to lead the scoring
with 18 points. Greenman followed
with 12 points. Hatch and Ford
starred for Tracy, scoring 17 and 15
points respectively.
This was one of the most ex-citing
games of the season, and one
of the roughest, as evidenced by
the total of 42 fouls called. The
game followed the pattern of the
first meeting of these teams on the
previous Monday in that Bethel
held a 3 point lead with bu,t a
minute and half to play. From this
point on the play was exceptionally
wild with two Tracy players foul-ing
out. The fans alternately moan-ed
and cheered as the Indians des-partely
stalled the precious seconds
away, and the Tracy team just as
desperately fought to narrow the
margin to one point, only to have
several game-winning shots roll off
the rim. This time it was Bethel's
rite, and they gained a thrilling
one point victory.
"B" TEAM WINS 54-37
In the preliminary game the "B"
Team trounced the Bethlehem
Baptist by a 54 to 37 score. Roy
Johnson and Waage led the scoring
with 19 and 15 points respectively.
Benson, who played for Coach Ed-words
last year, scored 15 points
for Bethlehem.
BOX SCORE
BETHEL
FG FT PF TP
Peterson I 5 0 2 10
Sandberg f 0 4 1 4
Nelson f 1 2 3 4
Porcella c 1 1 3 3
Eklof c 6 6 2 18
Greenman g 6 0 0 12
Dischinger g 1 2 5 4
Rentz g 0 0 0 0
Totals 20 15 16 55
TRACY FG FT PF TP
Olson f 4 5 5 13
Hanson f 0 0 3 0
Nackerud f 2 1 5 5
Wettestad f 0 0 2 0
Hess c 1 2 5 4
Ford g 6 3 2 15
Hatch g 8 1 4 17
Cook g 0 0 0 0
Totals 21 12 26 54
"B" GAME
BETHEL "B"
FG FT PF TP
Peterson f 0 1 2 1
Waage f 6 3 0 15
Sims f 1 0 1 2
3 hnson c 1 5 3 7
Olson g 3 1 5 7
Vance g 0 0 0 0
Dickenson g 0 0 5 0
Anderson g 0 0 0 0
Skoog g 1 1 1 3
Johnson g 9 1 1 19
Totals 21 12 18 64
BETHLEHEM
BAPTIST
FG FT PF TP
Benson f 6 3 3 15
Peterson f 0 0 0 0
Johnson f 1 1 0 3
Nelson c 3 1 5 7
Wessman g 0 0 3 0
Nyquist g 1 2 4 4
Adolphson g 3 2 1 8
Dahlquist g 0 0 0 0
Totals 14 9 16 37
Indians Edge Tracy in Thriller 55-54
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goal. We are counting on "dime
week" to put us back on sched-ule.
Right now we are $200
behind. Will you do your part?
When you get a dime, put it
in one of the jars in the coffee
shop, main hall, or any of the
dormitories. Thank you.
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Sem Classes Gospel Team Regulations Stated
Explain Plans
SENIORS
The Seminary Senior Class met
last Thursday. The main topic of
discussion was the choice of the
class gift to the school. Definite
plans have been made but are not
yet ready to be revealed.
Garnet Jenkins, President of the
Class, will complete his studies at
the end of this quarter, but will
return in May for graduation. Del-bert
Kuehl will be acting president
during his absence.
MIDDLERS
Tuesday, May 4, has been set by
the Middlemen as the date of the
Seminary banquet. Dr. Karlson has
consented to be the main speaker
with "That I May Knok Him" as
the theme. This annual affair will
be held this year at Lee's High-land
Village in St. Paul. Final
arrangements are being made by
committees of the Junior and the
Middlemen classes of the Semin
ary.
JUNIORS
At a meeting of the Seminary
Junior Class last Thursday, Allen
Johnson President, appointed two
committees to work on the Sem-inary
Banquet. They are: Decora-tors,
Arlene Peterson, Chairman;
and Program, Dorothy Nelson,
Chairman.
Tape Recorder Purchased
By Speech Department
A new addition to augment the
speech department of our school
has been made with the purchase
of a new recorder. The recorder,
which is of the newest soundmirror
type, employs a magnetic principle
to reproduce sound waves on a
metallicized tape.
Each reel of tape is capable of
recording a full half-hour program.
If a permanent recording is not
needed, the tape can be "erased"
by merely runing it _through the
process of making a new recording.
Besides being able to use each
real of tape an unlimited number
of times, it can also be spliced to
remove or add special portions of
recorded material.
Kingsley-Christenson
Take Debate Honors
Denver, Colorado, now knows of
the debating prowess of two Bethel
students, Lee Kingsley and Harold
Christenson. These two students
won all of their debates in the
speech and debate meet held in
Denver, February 13 and 14. King-sley
placed first of forty in one
contest while Christenson placed
fifth in still another contest. King-sley
and Christenson were ac-compied
on their trip by Mr. Sam-uel
Schultz, their advisor. All
three men - held meetings in
churches while there.
Bethel Bookstore
& Coffee Shop •
—Where Students and Faculty
Meet Around the Coffee Cup
Morning, afternoon and evening
The following recently-altered re-gulations
governing out-of-town
trips by Gospel team groups were
printed by request of the Religious
Council. These regulations were
approved, as amended, by the
Policy committee last week.
1. Students are allowed two late
leaves per quarter for Gospel Team
participation in addition to their
regular stated weekly late leave.
Eighty mile limit for Sunday even-ing
services.
2. Maximum of six trips in any
one quarter for any one team.
3. All such excursions are to be
chaperoned and programs approved
Hagstrom Residence -
Goal of Many Couples ;
All by 1958, Perhaps
With rumors flying concerning
new occupants of the 'married coup-les
dormitory next year, it became
necessary that the Clarion should
divulge the facts relating to the
situation.
Yes, it is true that there are a
few names of unmarried and un-engaged
male Bethelites on the
list of couples waiting to move
into Hagstrom Hall. And, it is
true that one of these unmarried,
unengaged males is at the begin-ning
of the list, but we also find
that moving either in or out is now
at a standstill.
It is a requirement that residents
have only one child of pre-school
age. There are thirty-three apart-ments
in all, and all are occupied
at present which doesn't look very
encouraging to the 70 people on
the waiting list. However, the
names are taken in the order of
their application and if the present
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one week in advance by advisor
and Vice-president in charge of
Gospel Teams.
4. Only "C" average students
shall be permitted to go. (Check
for o.k. in dean's office.)
5. The Vice president in charge
of Gospel Teams is responsible for
planning the programs that are to
be presented.
6. No trips are to be planned for
the Sunday previous to examination
week.
7. All overnight stops must have
Policy Committee approval.
8. Any other trips are to be acted
upon by the Policy Committee.
Mr. Sedard Speaks
To French Club
The French Club held its second
regular meeting in Edgren Hall
Tuesday night, February 10. Main
feature of the program was a
motion picture depicting a trip
through Belgium, France, Switzer-land,
and Denmark. Mr. Sedard, of
the Sedard World Travel Agency,
was present and explained the
pictures as they were shown.
The question of affiliation with
the I. S. S., a world wide organizat-ion
of foreign language clubs was
brought up for discussion and ap-proved.
It was also decided to do
something to help alleviate the
suffering in Europe by sending
some clothes to needy families.
The meeting closed with refresh-ments
and a time of fellowship.
residents decide not to take all
seven years at Bethel, everyone on•
the list may be included by 1958.
Commers' Fashion
Center
Ladies and Childrens Ready
to Wear
Open until 9 Mon. and Thurs.
Snelling and Larpenteur
New Book Notices
Some of the new books added to
the library this week:
Beaumont, Francis: Selected
Plays
Borg, Dorothy: American Policy
and the Chinese Revolution
Breasted, James: Ancient Rec-ords
of Egypt
Cooper, Herbert: Scientific In-struments
Ferm, Vergilius: Religion in the
TWentieth Century
Havighurst, Walter: Upper Mis-sissippi,
A Wilderness Saga
Mander, A. E.: Logic for Millions
Marlowe, Christopher: Plays
Munoz, Frank: Microscope and Its
Use
Powell, Chilton: English Domes-tic
Relations 1487-1653
Radcliffe, Ann : Mysteries of
Udolpho
Singmaster, Elsie: I Speak for
Thaddeous Stevens
Smith, T. Lynn: Sociology of
Rural Life (rev. ed.)
Speiser, Ephraim: United States
and the Near East
Stern e, Lawrence: Tristram
Shandy
Strausbaugh, Perry: General Bi-ology
(rev. ed.) -
Sweet, William: Story of Re-ligion
in America
Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays
Yearbook of the United Nations